The Dodo Blog

Bookplate illustration (and detail) from Neue Seite 1.

1. Dronte (Raphus cucullatus),[ausgestorben]

Bei Oken: Walgvogel (Didus ineptus)

2. Kiwi (Apteryx australis)

Bei Oken: Kiwi (Aptery australis)

3. Großtrappe (Otis tarda)

Bei Oken: Trappe (Otis tarda)

4. Helmkasuar (Casuarius casuarius)

Bei Oken: Casuar (Casuarius indicus)

5. Strauß (Struthio camelus)

Bei Oken: Strauß (Struthio camelus)

Book illustration with a Raphus sp. and Raphus cucullatus.

Paysage avec oiseaux (1628) by the Flemish painter Roelandt Savery.

Images from the video excerpt of a PBS performance to “Alice in Wonderland”, aired in 1983. This is a clip of a young Nathan Lane as “Mouse” and Kate Burton as “Alice” in a Great Performances special of Alice in Wonderland.

Update: the video is no longer available.

The White Rabbit materializes from a jigsaw puzzle and leads Betty Boop through the looking glass into Wonderland.

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Curious Beaks – John Player & Sons – Series of 50 (1929), uploaded by Mando maniac.

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Image and audio (4’45”) from the booklet of “Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass” with Eva Le Gallienne and Original Cast.

Tekening van dodo, Scheepjournaal ‘De Gelderland’ 1601-1603 from De Verdieping van Nederland. I don’t speak Dutch, but it seems this is one of the very rare drawings of a dodo made in Mauritius with a “live model”. The image is available to download as a “monster” tiff (122MB). (Thanks Paul)

Classics Illustrated 49: Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. ( via Free Comic Books)

Porky Pig goes on a hunt to catch the surreally elusive last Do-Do bird.

“Porky in Wackyland” (1938) directed by Robert Clampett. (Thanks John!)

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